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ABO grouping studies of human seminal stains on fabrics

Sinnapa S, Soon LS

Med J Malaya, 1970 Jun;24(4):278-86.

PMID: 4096943

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

Transfusion practice blind spot in para-Bombay: A case report

Abdullah MR, Faizli AA, Noordin SS, Lee CJ, Ahmad NH

Transfus Apher Sci, 2021 Jun;60(3):103076.

PMID: 33574008 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2021.103076

H-deficient phenotype individuals with absent or weak anti-H activity may remain undetected on standard routine blood grouping. We report a case of a 59-year-old-man presented with symptomatic anaemia secondary to upper gastrointestinal bleed with haemoglobin level of 68 g/L who required two units of packed red blood cells. He was previously grouped as O Rh D positive and had a history of uneventful multiple blood transfusions. His latest pre-transfusion investigations showed ABO discrepancy between forward and reverse blood grouping, pan-agglutination in both antibody screening and identification with negative direct Coombs test and autocontrol. Further testing including anti-H lectin test and saliva secretor study confirmed that the patient blood group was para-Bombay B RhD positive. This case highlights that the para-Bombay phenotype can be mistakenly labelled as "O" if further investigations are not performed.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/genetics*

Distribution of haptoglobins in different dialect groups of Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore

Saha N, Ong YW

Ann Acad Med Singap, 1984 Jul;13(3):498-501.

PMID: 6517517

A total of 870 subjects comprising 524 Chinese (from different dialect groups), 231 Malays and 115 Tamil Indians were investigated for the distribution of haptoglobin types and ABO blood groups. Haptoglobins were typed by PAG electrophoresis using discontinuous buffer system. The frequencies of Hp,1 Hp2 and Hp0 were found to be 0.330, 0.670 and 0.029 in Chinese; 0.298, 0.702 and 0.004 in Malays; and 0.167, 0.833 and 0.009 in Indians. The Hainanese had the highest frequency of Hp1 (0.375) followed by Cantonese (0.348), Teochew (0.333) and Hakkas (0.288). The distribution of all the phenotypes of haptoglobin was at equilibrium in all the population groups studied. No association of ABO blood groups was detected with the haptoglobin types. However, there was an excess of AB blood group in persons carrying Hp2 compared with those with Hp1.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/genetics

Distribution of ABO blood groups and of Rh factor in Singapore

Siong LY, Sing YC, Wan OY

Mod Med Asia, 1976 Nov;12(11):6-8.

PMID: 827682

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

A comparative study of Eldoncards for blood grouping ABO and RH0 (d) with the Tile Method of typing

Kuah KB, Lim CS

Med J Malaysia, 1974 Jun;28(4):273-5.

PMID: 4278822

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/analysis*

The importance of ante-natal ABO-Rh-antibody determination

Mendoza-Barker MG

Med J Malaya, 1965 Jun;19(4):306-10.

PMID: 4220857

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

The ABO blood group distribution of western Malaysia based on grouping results of forensic cases

Poon WL, Amarasingham RD

Med J Malaya, 1968 Mar;22(3):182-6.

PMID: 4234352

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

Fulltext Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Khan SA, Kassim NFA, Webb CE, Aqueel MA, Ahmad S, Malik S, et al.

Sci Rep, 2021 12 21;11(1):24298.

PMID: 34934127 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03765-z

The nutritional requirements of mosquitoes include both sugar (generally derived from the nectar of flowers) and blood (humans or animals). Mosquitoes express different degrees of preferences towards hosts depending on behavioral, ecological, and physiological factors. These preferences have implications for mosquito-borne disease risk. The present study is directed to reveal the effect of the human blood groups on the fecundity and fertility of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. In laboratory tests, mosquitoes were fed on ABO blood groups via artificial membrane feeders, and the level of attraction against different blood groups was tested by the electroantennogram and wind tunnel bioassay under control conditions. Results indicate that the female mosquitoes had a strong preference towards the blood group B, while in the case of females fed on O blood group had the highest digestibility rate. Overall, the human blood type had a significant impact on the fecundity and fertility of female An. stephensi. The highest numbers of eggs are laid, in the case of blood group B, (mean (± SD)) 216.3 (8.81) followed by the AB, 104.06 (7.67), and O, 98.01 (7.04). In the case of blood group B, females attain the highest fertility of about 92.1 (9.98). This study provides novel insight into the ABO blood type host choice of the mosquitoes that are still partially unknown and suggests encouraging personal protection for relevant individuals within communities at risk, which is a useful tool for preventing malaria where the An. stephensi is present as a dominant vector.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

Fulltext A study of (a) the prevalence of hypertension (b) the distribution of blood groups, in Sibu, Sarawak, July - August 1988

Hu CH

Family Practitioner, 1988;11(3):67-69.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System

ABO incompatibility and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency presenting as hydrops foetalis

Suria AA, Nurasyikin Y, Adibah AG, Cheah FC, Leong CF

Clin Ter, 2014;165(3):151-4.

PMID: 24999569 DOI: 10.7417/CT.2014.1714

ABO incompatibility and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency G6PD are common haematological problems affecting the newborn. The resulting haemolytic disease of foetus and newborn (HDFN) caused by either of these pathologies generally follows a benign course. It is typically characterized by mild jaundice without significant anaemia. ABO incompatibility alone as a cause of foetal hydrops is extremely rare. We report a case of a newborn baby girl with an anti-B isoimmunisation and G6PD deficiency manifesting with hydrops foetalis, anaemia and hyperbilirubinaemia, born to a mother with blood group O.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System

Fulltext von Willebrand Factor Propeptide: A Potential Disease Biomarker Not Affected by ABO Blood Groups

Marianor M, Zaidah AW, Maraina ChC

Biomark Insights, 2015;10:75-9.

PMID: 26339184 DOI: 10.4137/BMI.S24353

Epidemiological studies have shown that vascular-related disorders are associated with high von Willebrand factor antigen (VWF:Ag) and VWF propeptide (VWFpp). VWFpp is secreted together with VWF:Ag upon endothelial cell activation, hence it could be a potential biomarker. This study was conducted to compare between VWF:Ag and VWFpp levels among 30 healthy individuals and 42 patients with high levels of VWF:Ag in different medical conditions and ABO blood groups. VWFpp levels were strongly correlated with VWF:Ag. VWF:Ag and VWFpp levels were significantly increased in patients compared to healthy individuals. VWFpp is not affected by ABO blood group in both healthy individual and patient groups unlike VWF:Ag. As expected, this study showed that VWFpp levels increased in parallel with VWF:Ag levels in patients with diseases associated with endothelial activation. VWFpp though nonspecific is a potential biomarker reflecting underlying pathophysiological changes in various medical conditions with an additional advantage of not being influenced by ABO blood groups.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System

ABO blood group in trophoblastic disease

Dawood MY, Teoh ES, Ratnam SS

J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonw, 1971 Oct;78(10):918-23.

PMID: 5111899

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

Erythrocyte G-6-PD deficiency among Chinese and Malays of Singapore

Saha N, Banerjee B

Trop Geogr Med, 1971 Jun;23(2):141-4.

PMID: 5568538

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/analysis

An anthropological study of the Malay and the Chinese of Malaysia

Chattopadhyay PK, Ganeson D

Ann Hum Biol, 1977 Jul;4(4):379-81.

PMID: 931362

Data for the ABO blood groups and for handclasping, arm folding, handedness, ear lobe types and camptodactyly are presented for 104 Malay and 57 Chinese males in the city of Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia. The two groups exhibit marked differences in the frequencies of most of these attributes.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System*

Fulltext ABO blood group alleles and prostate cancer risk: Results from the breast and prostate cancer cohort consortium (BPC3)

Markt SC, Shui IM, Unger RH, Urun Y, Berg CD, Black A, et al.

Prostate, 2015 Nov;75(15):1677-81.

PMID: 26268879 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23035

BACKGROUND: ABO blood group has been associated with risk of cancers of the pancreas, stomach, ovary, kidney, and skin, but has not been evaluated in relation to risk of aggressive prostate cancer.

METHODS: We used three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs8176746, rs505922, and rs8176704) to determine ABO genotype in 2,774 aggressive prostate cancer cases and 4,443 controls from the Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3). Unconditional logistic regression was used to calculate age and study-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between blood type, genotype, and risk of aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥8 or locally advanced/metastatic disease (stage T3/T4/N1/M1).

RESULTS: We found no association between ABO blood type and risk of aggressive prostate cancer (Type A: OR = 0.97, 95%CI = 0.87-1.08; Type B: OR = 0.92, 95%CI =n0.77-1.09; Type AB: OR = 1.25, 95%CI = 0.98-1.59, compared to Type O, respectively). Similarly, there was no association between "dose" of A or B alleles and aggressive prostate cancer risk.

CONCLUSIONS: ABO blood type was not associated with risk of aggressive prostate cancer.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/genetics*

Fulltext Antibodies in children with malaria to PfEMP1, RIFIN and SURFIN expressed at the Plasmodium falciparum parasitized red blood cell surface

Quintana MDP, Ch'ng JH, Moll K, Zandian A, Nilsson P, Idris ZM, et al.

Sci Rep, 2018 02 19;8(1):3262.

PMID: 29459776 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21026-4

Naturally acquired antibodies to proteins expressed on the Plasmodium falciparum parasitized red blood cell (pRBC) surface steer the course of a malaria infection by reducing sequestration and stimulating phagocytosis of pRBC. Here we have studied a selection of proteins representing three different parasite gene families employing a well-characterized parasite with a severe malaria phenotype (FCR3S1.2). The presence of naturally acquired antibodies, impact on rosetting rate, surface reactivity and opsonization for phagocytosis in relation to different blood groups of the ABO system were assessed in a set of sera from children with mild or complicated malaria from an endemic area. We show that the naturally acquired immune responses, developed during malaria natural infection, have limited access to the pRBCs inside a blood group A rosette. The data also indicate that SURFIN4.2 may have a function at the pRBC surface, particularly during rosette formation, this role however needs to be further validated. Our results also indicate epitopes differentially recognized by rosette-disrupting antibodies on a peptide array. Antibodies towards parasite-derived proteins such as PfEMP1, RIFIN and SURFIN in combination with host factors, essentially the ABO blood group of a malaria patient, are suggested to determine the outcome of a malaria infection.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System

Genetic microdifferentiation in the Semai Senoi of Malaysia

Fix AG, Lie-injo LE

Am J Phys Anthropol, 1975 Jul;43(1):47-55.

PMID: 1155591

Blood samples, demographic and cultural data were collected from seven settlements of Semai Senoi, a swidden farming ethnic group of Malaysia. Three genetic loci (ABO blood group, hereditary ovalcytosis, and hemoglobin) were analyzed in a total sample of 546 individuals. These data indicate a considerable degree of genetic microdifferentiation in this area of the Semai distribution. Parent-offspring birthplace data (analyzed by means of a migration matrix) and settlement histories show that settlements are not strongly isolated. Genetic differences in the study area demonstrate a reasonable correspondence with migration and the history of the settlements. Genetic convergence also occurs through the addition of migrant groups to established populations leading to new patterns of marriage between donor and recipient groups. The genetic structure of the total Semai population through time thus comprises a mosaic of shifiting allele frequencies in a series of semi-isolated local populations.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System

Prevalence and specificity of red-blood-cell antibodies in a multiethnic South and East Asian patient population and influence of using novel MUT+Mur+ kodecytes on its detection

Nadarajan VS, Laing AA, Saad SM, Usin M

Vox Sang, 2012 Jan;102(1):65-71.

PMID: 21592136 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01507.x

Appropriate screening for irregular red-cell antibodies is essential for ensuring transfusion compatibility and for antenatal management of mothers at risk of haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn. Screening for all relevant antibodies is, however, limited by screening cells that do not express antigens present in the patient and donor population. Technology to artificially incorporate antigens into red cells is currently available and may be an option for customizing screening cells.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/blood

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among asymptomatic healthy blood donors in Northern Peninsular Malaysia

Sasidharan S, Uyub AM

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2009 Apr;103(4):395-8.

PMID: 19211121 DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.021

Helicobacter pylori infection is recognized as being strongly associated with chronic gastritis, duodenal ulceration and, probably, gastric carcinoma. Seroepidemiological studies have shown that a large proportion of healthy people have antibodies against H. pylori. A serological study was conducted in asymptomatic healthy blood donors in Northern Peninsular Malaysia to assess the seropositivity for H. pylori and to investigate the relationship with ethnic group, gender, ABO blood group and age. A total of 5370 serum samples collected from 3677 male and 1693 female donors in different age groups, and who had no gastrointestinal complaints, were studied with an in-house ELISA for the presence of H. pylori IgG and IgA antibodies. Seven hundred and sixty subjects (14.2%) were seropositive. The overall seropositivity did not differ with ethnicity, gender, ABO blood group and age among asymptomatic healthy blood donors in Northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/immunology*

Why is acute leukemia more common in males? A possible sex-determined risk linked to the ABO blood group genes

Jackson N, Menon BS, Zarina W, Zawawi N, Naing NN

Ann Hematol, 1999 May;78(5):233-6.

PMID: 10391104

Acute leukemia is more common in males at almost every age, and this fact remains unexplained. A study was carried out in northeast peninsular Malaysia, where the population is predominantly Malay, to examine whether there was a difference in ABO blood group distribution between males and females with acute leukemia (AL). The ABO blood groups of 109 male and 79 female patients with AL (98 ALL, 90 AML) were compared with those of 1019 controls. In the control population, 39.7% were group O. Among males with AL, 39.4% were group O, whereas among females with AL, the proportion was 24.1% (p=0.03). The same trend to a lower proportion of group O among females was seen if the group was divided into adult/pediatric or lymphoblastic/myeloblastic groups, though these differences were not statistically significant. If these findings can be confirmed, they suggest the presence of a "sex-responsive" gene near to the ABO gene locus on chromosome 9, which relatively protects group O women against AL, at least in our population. The existence of such a gene might also partly explain why acute leukemia, and possibly other childhood cancers, are more common in males.

Matched MeSH terms: ABO Blood-Group System/genetics

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